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  1. Help!!!need Everyones Advise......

    nurseaboveboard replied to rafRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    rafRN, I just saw your post. So sorry you didn't make it. What are your

  2. Funny new nurse story. :)

    nurseaboveboard replied to SillyStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, glad it all turned out, but it could have ended MUCH differently. I posted somewhere here about an elopement we had from our psych unit ( I was thankful it wasn't on my shift). This old and...

  3. I have seen1/6th of the TOTAL Nclex exam !!!!!

    nurseaboveboard replied to MaleNursesRock's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm hoping to see a Vegas trip in both your futures!!!! Best to

  4. anyone wait tables before becoming a nurse?

    nurseaboveboard replied to picurn10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    These are just some of the things I did before becoming a nurse: waited tables, made drapes, made padded headboards, made gloves and boots that they wore on the moon, made catalogs, worked as an aide,...

  5. I'm giving up beer and wine for a year or maybe forever

    nurseaboveboard replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hey...good for you!!! My sis was always giving up some dumb thing for Lent, you know, something like gumdrops, or other easy to give up thing. Finally, I confronted her, and asked her if it wouldn't...

  6. Is it just me???

    nurseaboveboard replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you all for your posts. Mijouney, you mention HR "professionals." Yes, I think I am just asking for professionalism, not just asking for it, but expecting it! My sis has been in HR forever....

  7. Nursing Boards 1982

    nurseaboveboard posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Way back when...in 1982 I took the boards. We were the first class from our school to take the comprehensive board. You had to travel to the site and it was a full day and then a partial day of...

  8. Nursing Boards 1982

    nurseaboveboard replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry, I took a trip to visit my sis, so just now able to check my post. Thank you everyone for posting, but now I'm more confused then ever, LOL :). I know that 1600 couldn't have been a perfect...

  9. My father died last Tuesday

    nurseaboveboard replied to ohioln's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear about your father, and thankful that you got to spend that time with him before he passed. Best to you and your

  10. Had interview for LPN county jail position

    nurseaboveboard replied to iwanna's topic in Correctional

    Greetings! I totally know what you mean. I ALWAYS think of better answers AFTER leaving the interview. You are not alone in this. My sis and I still laugh about her most horrible interview (prior...

  11. Teaching @ Brown Mackie

    nurseaboveboard replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yikes! Thanks so much for posting. My husband and I have been laughing about my experience (wasn't laughing at first). I am currently still entertaining different job opportunities, trying to hang...

  12. Anyone ever feel they don't know what they want

    nurseaboveboard replied to iwanna's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    If I am understanding your post you are an LPN, correct? I know certain hospitals hire LPNs as schedulers, procedures, etc. You do not say what your disability exactly is, but I think going back to...

  13. Please ??? Your help needed immediately

    nurseaboveboard replied to kleona's topic in MICU, SICU

    Some ideas to ponder: Patient c/o headache and vomiting plus recent fall? Possibly neuro? Hope they did a CT of head too? This patient has a terrible history, a veritable "train wreck" as they say. I...

  14. Not Giving Up X 8

    nurseaboveboard replied to MMATYJCZUK's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am telling you guys that if I could give you all a grade for sheer determination and perseverance, you would all get A+++ with highest honors! I am wishing you all the very best! :) :)

  15. Help!!!need Everyones Advise......

    nurseaboveboard replied to rafRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    rafRN, did you get your

  16. Insurance

    nurseaboveboard replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Most employer sponsored health plans that I've ever had also covered mental health, chemical dependency, etc. I think though that it was at reduced benefits. I think there is much controversy re...

  17. Diversion- what are we missing?

    nurseaboveboard replied to happynursy74's topic in General Nursing

    TazziRN. Thanks for answering my question re the paperwork, sorry I just saw it. Why in the world didn't they give you a chance to produce the reference letters on letterhead, if you had done...

  18. Im outa here!

    nurseaboveboard replied to radrook's topic in Home Health

    I am happy that you found a new job! Were you working for an agency? I am looking into Maxim, but I don't have much to go on re agencies. They've been sending me material. Hope your new job will...

  19. For all the rejects out there...

    nurseaboveboard replied to snookiepie's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    snookiepie....you

  20. Help!!!need Everyones Advise......

    nurseaboveboard replied to rafRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I do not have special advise because I have not been in your shoes, but I want to wish you the very best luck this time. I am sorry to see so much panic re this subject on the site! I know some have...

  21. How do you praise good health workers?

    nurseaboveboard replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Retired Nurses

    Gosh, I love to tell people they've done a good job! I think people need to hear it from time to time, even if they know they're a good worker, because sometimes the good ones get used up! I thank...

  22. Got Beat Up Badly In Face By Patient

    nurseaboveboard replied to Aviationurse's topic in Psychiatric

    This is outrageous! I just posted in response to another nurse who got slapped in her face. She was doing nothing wrong. Maybe these two assult posts should be combined, but either way, I'd file...

  23. thick urine

    nurseaboveboard replied to regglynn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh lord, I have seen some awful urine in my career, some so thick you could spoon it! Also though, I have seen lady partsl secretions/mucous expelled and sitting on the

  24. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    nurseaboveboard replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I have decided that if I am ever assulted again, I will press charges, either against the person who assulted me, or take action against the facility that failed to protect me. This happened to me...

  25. Comfy Shoes for Wide Feet?

    nurseaboveboard replied to morningstarRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a New Balance convert! Many of their styles come in wide width. Some brands of shoes claiming to be wide are not even close as far as I'm concerned. I just got a new pair on sale today at...